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...Cambridge Rent control Board last night found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in violation of rent control ordinances on a plot of land known as the Simplex site, but it did not impose the penalty recommended by the examiner who reported on the case...
...They have ruined this housing," said John Mason, the lawyer for the Simplex Steering Committee, a neighborhood group that has been fighting MIT's development plans for almost 15 years...
...very important that MIT be found in violation both of the removal ordinance and the full occupancy ordinance," said Bill Cavelinni, chairman of the Simplex Steering Committee. "I'm disappointed that it wasn't found a flagrant violation, because if it was flagrant it would justify a severe penalty...
When MIT comes up, it is usually because of the so-called Simplex project, a proposed 27-acre project on university-owned land that would include apartments, a luxury hotel, office and light industrial space. City activists say it will destroy the nearby neighborhood by pushing up property values and increasing traffic problems...
Cameron and others at the conference also reported that men with genital ulcers -- caused by such infections as herpes simplex 2, syphilis or chancroid -- were three times as vulnerable to the AIDS virus as those who were lesion free. "An ulcer breaks the integrity of the skin and allows infected blood to come into contact with a sexual partner," says Cameron. Thus, he adds, controlling treatable diseases like herpes and educating uncircumcised men about their risk could make a slight dent in the so far incurable scourge...